
This is my go-to recipe for a moist banana and walnut bread recipe which is very much like a cake. You can use melted butter or oil, but I have always used oil as the cake stays moist. The cake is also best eaten the next day and perfect as a birthday cake if you spread some cream cheese icing on the top. I often make this for my family when I find I have too many overripe bananas in the Summer.
The secret to making super moist banana bread is to mix your dry ingredients in one bowl and the wet in another. Next gently mix them both but remember not to over mix the batter. My other tip will be to always use overripe bananas (the banana skin can be black or spotty but trust me, the inside will be soft and perfect).
To ripen your bananas, keep them in a paperbag and in a warm places, or next to avocados. I have heard that some bake bananas in the oven to ripen them, but I’ve not done this before.
This particular recipe requires bread flour as it is a quick bread recipe but the texture is more cake-like. You can make cupcakes instead and bake it in the oven for 12-18 minutes depending on the size of your cupcake casings. Here’s a youtube video of how to make this moist banana and walnut bread recipe.
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Ingredients
- 250g Bread Flour
- 250g Castor Sugar (I have used a mix of brown sugar and castor and only used 180g)
- 300g Ripe Bananas
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Salt
- 80g Chopped Walnuts
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 140g Vegetable Oil (or Melted Butter)
Instructions
1. Butter and flour 2lb loaf tin (or you can use 2 smaller loaf sizer foil tins). If you use the 2lb loaf tin, you will have extra batter for a couple of cupcakes on the side. Heat oven to 175C (fan)

2. Mix flour, salt, baking soda and the chopped walnuts in a bowl

3. Add the castor sugar to the oil to a separate bowl and beat till creamy

4. Then add in the vanilla and egg to the mixture (you can add one egg at a time). Mix it.

5. Next add the bananas (you can add it whole or mashed) and give it a good whisk till the bananas are nicely mashed.

6. Fold in flour which has been mixed with salt, baking soda and walnuts

7. Bake in the oven for 30-40 minutes till the skewer comes out clean


14 comments
I think I have all the ingredients ready so going trying to make this out today and see how it goes.
OK good luck to you
We love banana bread! I happen to have some very ripe bananas on my counter. Now I know what I’m making today.
How awesome! Bananas pancakes are great too with ripe bananas
Yes to banana bread all the time! I can’t wait to make it, can’t wait!!! Looks so good.
Thank you
Everyone in my house loves banana bread…this looks so wonderful and delicious! There is nothing more comforting than this and a cup of tea in the morning!
Kids love it too and it is packed with healthy nuts and fruit
Mmmmmmm banana walnut bread! I think I need to whip up some of that this weekend. I’ve never made it myself – but this sounds easy enough.
Yes super easy and so tasty as well
I like banana and walnut and combining both would surely make a good bread. Thanks for sharing the recipe 🙂
You are welcome
Love this. Only I would replace the walnuts for almonds, alergic to walnuts.
It definitely would taste as good with almonds as I have done that before